Matthijs van Meurs – Page 3 – (Norwegian) Nyenga Foundation

Hosting SINA

We were honoured to host youth from the SINA – Social Innovation Academy currently running various enterprises, : Kibajjo Enterprises (produce ginger products based on value addition, fair trade and job creation)...

New chairman of the board

Fred Balikagira was yesterday elected as the new chairman of the board at Nyenga. Williams Oguttu was thanked as chairman and continues as a member of the board. Lots of good input...

“Umuganda” day at Nyenga Foundation.

Umuganda, a Kinyarwanda word that can be roughly translated as “community service”, is part of Rwanda’s heritage; it became an officially encouraged practice as early as 1998 and a law 10 years...

Master’s thesis – Center for International Health at UiB

Nyenga wants to be a center for competence development and exchange. Now the first master’s thesis with fieldwork from the area has been published. The student is affiliated to the Center for...

Hurray! New calf and finally reopening of school

Time for good news: The government has decided to reopen the schools, under certain conditions. And Nyenga has got a new resident on four legs. Let us introduce you to the latest...

Summary of last year

A summary of 2020: Considerations at the turn of the year. In April last year, we wrote that 2020 looked to be an annus horibilis. Nothing would go as planned, everything was...

COMMUNITY HEALTH INSURANCE IMPLEMENTATION

From 12th October to 15th October 2020, the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau (UPMB) conducted a 4-day training on Community Health Insurance (CHI) at Nyenga Foundation. The trainer was Ms Christine Makobole from...

Change in management

We would like to welcome aboard Laureene Reeves Ndagire, joining the team at NYENGA as the new General Manager. As leader and with support from the board in Norway, she will be...

Corona update

The year that started so well seems to be an “annus horribilis”. The Corona virus has come to Uganda and the authorities have introduced lock down of the community. Everyone at Nyenga...

Corona has found its way to Uganda

We have long feared it, now it is confirmed. The number of infected in Uganda is small, the question is how these numbers will develop in the times ahead. The authorities have...